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Report and picture by: Ariffin JamarFrom the outside, it is an unremarkable workshop nestled in Sin Ming Industrial Estate. Inside is an Aladdin’s cave for any wheels fanatic. There are various classic cars — including a vintage 1950s Porsche 550 Spyder.But these four-wheeled beauties are not ow...

Ah Joo is a vintage car restorer by trade. Where his passion lies is in classic vintage bicycles. A true craftsman, he restores vintage bicycles to their former glory. With a keen eye for color and detail, he expresses himself eloquently on his creations. Chec...

AH JOOPHOTOS: Christopher Chen | WORDS: Adam Taylor-CampbellFor quite some time I had heard murmurings about ‘The Collector’, an intriguing Singapore character with a magnificent bicycle collection to match. The first time I saw Ah Joo I was out riding wi...

Kenyan Riders, a Kenyan-based and Singapore registered company, was founded in 2006 by Nicolas Leong as the first professional cycling team based in Kenya.Inspired by the success of Kenyan long distance runners, the cycling team was founded in Iten, Kenya – the small town that produces the majori...

Interview covered in Hokkien on 16 May 2013:Q: How long have you been in this business? When did you first started?A: My father, Loh Jin Hwee (passed on in 1995) started this bicycle shop in 1932. He embarked Singapore from China at the age of 9. After undergoing an apprenticeship in a local bicycle sh...

Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France near the Belgian frontier. It is one of the oldest races of professional road cycling. It was first run in 1896 and has stopped only for two world wars. From its beginning in 1896 until 1967 it started in Paris and ended in Rou...

Those who happened to be strolling across the Tuscan hills last October might have been ambushed by hordes of old-fashioned racers with period-perfect bicycles and goggles covered in white dust from the unsurfaced tracks beneath them. This was not a slip in time or a film shoot: they were taking pa...

An interview with Mr. Wee covered in Hokkien:Q: How long have you been in this business? When did you first started?A: My father started this bicycle business along Serangoon Road during the British colonial period in 1930s. The business managed to strive through the Japanese occupation. Back the...

An interview with Mr. Tan covered in Hokkien:Q: How long have you been in this business? When did you first started?A: My brother and I have been helping out our father's bicycle shop in Orchard Road since 1960s. After our father's passing in 1970s, we siblings managed his shop till the 1980s was wh...

1932Ernesto Colnago is born.1945Ernesto Gets first welding apprenticeship.1947Ernesto wins first bike race the “Mamma Isolina Caldirola”.1951Ernesto Crashes at the finish line of the Milano-Busseto and breaks leg.1952Ernesto opens first shop.1954Ernesto moves to a larger shop having o...

SINGAPORE - He was - and still is - Singapore's most decorated professional cyclist. With a string of wins including three silver medals (in 1989, 1991 and 1995) and a bronze at the SEA Games, as well as a silver at the Asian championships, former national rider Kenneth Tan is Singapore's most winnin...

Grant Petersen is a bicycle designer and the founder of Rivendell Bicycle Works. He was U.S. marketing director for Bridgestone Cycle (U.S.A.), Inc. during the 1980s and 1990s, where he designed the XO series of bicycles.Petersen is widely known in the cycling community for opposing compli...

Renowned Artist visits Soek Seng 1954 - Chong Fahc​heong is a Singaporean sculptor known for many pub​lic sculptures in Singapore. Though he worked in a​ variety of styles from abstract to figurative, hi​s name is identified with a series of figurative s​culptures depicting the life of people living an..​.

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